Kerala Court January 1952 Judgments

Appu Keshavan Vs. V.G. Parameswaran Nair

Court: Kerala

Reported in: 1954CriLJ256

ORDERGovinda Pillai, J.1. The complainants are the revision petitioners. The counter petitioner is the Sub-Inspector of Police, Kuthiathodu. The case of the complainants was that they were belaboured by the counter-petitioner, voluntarily causing hurt to them, and they were also wrongfully confined in the virandah of the Police Station for about four hours. A case was therefore registered under Sections 323 and 342, Travancore Penal Code. Summons of the case was issued to the accused who appeared and objected to the complaint as the requisite Government sanction under Section 194(1), Criminal P. C. (Travancore) and under Section 70, Police Act, had not been obtained for lodging the complaint. The lower court upheld the objections and dismissed the complaint.2. There was a case C. C. 18 of 1950 against the complainants that they sold one bag of rice in black market after creating false entries in their account books. The first accused is a licensed ration merchant and the second accused...